The Stormy Petrel (2004) by Alexei Turkus

Here’s a film I hadn’t seen before, and I want thank Brew reader Michael Lanigan for bringing it to my attention. It’s a great example of …

Light Forms by Malcolm Sutherland

It’s easy for the eyes to get lost in this mesmerizing piece of animation by Malcolm Sutherland (The Astronomer’s Dream). Narrative …

JibJab’s 2009 Year in Review

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! JibJab has released their annual “year in review” short with a tongue-in-cheek summary of the …

Nuttin’ For Christmas

Animator Doug Compton used a classic 1955 Stan Freberg recording as the basis for his Christmas card this year: a fully animated version …

Electropolis

Electropolis is “the product of roughly 7 months of work from 13 students in the 3rd year of the BAA Animation program at Sheridan …

‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas

For a limited time during the holidays, Rodrigo Blaas has made his spooky CG short Alma available for viewing online. Blaas is an …

Panic Attack

According to this BBC report, Fede Alvarez uploaded his short film Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack!) to YouTube last month, on November …

Single-Sentence Films

Lit mag Electric Literature has been commissioning indie animators to create short animated pieces based on single sentences from short …

The Waif of Persephone by Nick Cross

Nick Cross finally put his 2007 short, The Waif of Persephone, online. We highly recommend supporting the filmmaker by purchasing the DVD …

TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family

Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all of the Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that most of the …

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Here’s a couple of odds and ends I didn’t around to posting this past week. First up, Chris Jones spent six years making The Passenger …

Cornelis by Ayaka Nakata

Beautiful animated short by Ayaka Nakata that stems from a foundation of dance choreography. I like how the filmmaker creates an …

Going West by Andersen M Studio

This is an impressively elaborate papercraft animation created by London-based Andersen M Studio for the New Zealand Book Council. I …

The Academy (Shorts) Short-List

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today its short-list of the 10 animated short films that will vie for …

Mr. Lawrence

The artwork above was from a presentation I created when I was an exec at Nickelodeon 13 years ago. It was (and still is) my mission in …

House by Carmen d’Avino

It’s true, they showed this kind of gorgeous animation on PBS once upon a time. It was made by experimental animator Carmen D’Avino for …

Germans in the Woods by Tim Rauch

In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Rauch Bros. have posted on-line their short but powerful film Germans in the Woods. The film’s audio track …

Puck Cinema Caravana

Dani from the Spanish animation blog Protoones turned me on to Puck Cinema Caravana, a cool little project from Spain conceived by Carles …

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